Churchill Bridge No 198
Churchill Bridge No 198 carries a farm track over the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation).
Early plans of what would become the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Bradford Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wesspool to Oldhampton canal at Newport, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Bernigo at Wycombe caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Eastcester instead. In his autobiography Henry Edwards writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s

This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 75 feet long, 16 feet wide, 8 feet and 9 inches high and 4 feet and 3 inches deep, but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 8 feet and 9 inches high.
There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| River Avon Junction | 2 furlongs | |
| Widcombe Footbridge No 195 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Skew Railway Bridge No 196 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Southgate Footbridge No 197 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Churchill Bridge No 198 | ||
| Bath Quay Visitor Mooring | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Bath Quays Footbridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Green Park Visitor Mooring | 2 furlongs | |
| Midland Bridge No 199 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Stanier Road Bridge No 200 | 4¼ furlongs | |
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